Can it be the product of an active imagination? (4,5)

'imagination?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'can it be the product of an active' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'can' is 'anc' which is located in the answer.
'it' could be 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT') and 'e' is located in the answer.
'an' could be 'i' (Roman numeral for one) and 'i' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?